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Debbie Smyth

Blue Monday

Over the Edge Together

Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky. -Sonia Gandhi This gives just a tiny glimpse of the magnificence of Africa, peering over […]

-Edinburgh

Scottish Stained Glass

These striking stained glass windows with medallion portraits can be found at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. Linked to Lingering Look at Windows.

-Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s Golden Hour

  “Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne’er within him burned, As […]

-Manchester

Not the London Eye

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 44 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an […]

-Barcelona

The Giants of Pi

Back in the Middle Ages, in Barcelona, the giants Goliath and St. Christopher, along with several monstrous beasts, were an important part of the Corpus Christi celebration.  Guivernau recognised the Giants of […]

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I Bet You Can’t Eat Three!

Shredded Wheat was invented in 1893 by Henry Perky in Denver, Colorado and was initially distributed from a factory in Niagara Falls. UK production didn’t begin until 1928 when the famous white Shredded Wheat […]

Dog

Pets and Travel Do Mix

I don’t have a pet at the moment, my lifestyle just isn’t suitable right now.  But when I did have my beloved dog one of the hardest things was leaving him […]